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pi. 1, E) are both decidedly the grey forms with ochreous costa, and one cannot see 

 any particular appropriateness in the names he has assigned.— Louis B. Prout, 

 246, Eichmond Road, N.E. : October 15£A, 1902. 



New food-plant for Melanthia albicillata. — On September 20th, while walking 

 through a wood in this neighbourhood, I noticed the leaves of the common agrimony 

 (Agrimonia eupatorid) that grew here and there by the sides of the path were much 

 eaten, and an examination soon revealed the pretty larvae of the above-named species, 

 and in a short time I boxed twenty, and might have taken more had I wanted them. 

 They were nearly full grown, and most of them were resting quite exposed on the 

 upper surface of the leaves, though one or two were on the main stems. I cannot 

 find this plant mentioned as being the food of the larvae of this species in any work 

 I have — Stainton and Buckler give raspberry and bramble. Mr. Beauchamp, 

 quoted by Newman in his British Moths, says that some young lai-vae took readily 

 to wild strawberry, but that he afterwards transferred them to bramble. Meyrick 

 gives alder, &c, in addition. Perhaps the " &c." may include Agrimonia, but it is 

 rather vague. On the 26th of same month I was again in the wood, and noticed 

 many of the larva? still feeding, and took a few more of the largest. I have taken 

 the moths in several woods in this neighbourhood, but it is far from common, or is 

 of retiring habits. The larvae appear to feed chiefly at night. — Gervase F. Mathew, 

 Dovercourt : October, 1902. 



Occurrence of Panolis griseovariegata, Ooeze (piniperda , Panz.J, in June. — 

 As one, out of many instances that have come under my notice, of exceptionally 

 late appearances of Lepidoptera during the present backward season, it may be 

 worth mentioning that, on June 11th last, T beat out from Scotch fir, and secured, 

 an example of what is familiarly known as Panolis piniperda, Panz., but which, as 

 we learn from Staudinger and Rebel's " Catalogue " (1901), must in future be known 

 by its earlier name, P. griseovariegata, Ooeze. The specimen is a female, and is 

 rather worn, but one can hardly expect to find an April species in the very pink of 

 condition in the middle of June.— E. R. Bankes, Corfe Castle : August, 1902. 



Lestes Dryas, Kirby (nympha, Selys), in Lincolnshire. — On July 23rd of this 

 year the Rev. A. Thornley of South Leverton forwarded to me two dragon-flies 

 taken a few days previously by Miss Stow from a pond at Brandon, near Grantham. 

 I took them to be L. Dryas, Kirby, and my naming was subsequsntly confirmed by 

 Mr. G. T. Porritt, to whom I showed the specimens. I went down to Brandon on 

 August 21st following, and took nine more Lestes from the same pond ; these I sent 

 to Mr. McLachlan, and one of them (a male) he says is "certainly Dryas," and the 

 remainder sponsa. The pond, which is called " Doubleday's," is only a few square 

 yards in area, situated in the middle of a grass field, and is nearly filled up with tall 

 weeds on which the Lestes were resting.— Eland Shaw, North Leverton, Notts. : 

 October 1th, 1902. 



Abundance of Mschna mixta in South Devon. — That Mschna mixta is thoroughly 

 established on the South Devon coast, and probably has been for many years, seems 

 evident from the fact that I have found it plentifully there during the past three 



